Questions tagged [torque]
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Stepper motor and driver selection
I would appreciate some advice on selecting a proper stepper motor and driver for my project.
I plan to create an autopilot for my small fishing boat using a Raspberry Pi controlling a stepper motor, ...
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What is the exact formula relating a DC motor's input voltage and torque produced?
I'm trying to control a 12V geared DC motor with encoder through an Arduino by an L298D driver for my self balnace bot.
Based on the angles from the attached gyro sensor and encoder, it calculates ...
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Stall torque for servo
My understanding of stall torque is that it's the amount of torque produced by the servo when the output is stationary. Suppose the stall torque of a servo was 10kg-cm. It can lift the a 10kg load at ...
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BLDC motor current sensing for load torque
I would like to control 14V BLDC motor of battery powered drill. What I want to do remake the drill to nut runner (torque wrench), so I need to sense a motor current which is proportional to motor ...
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Why does rotor of synchoronous generator accelerate during faults?
I don't understand the electrical torque in a generator. Isn't the counter torque related to the armature current in the generator?
Why does electrical torque decrease during fault in lines that ...
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Driving torque and load torque of a pmdc motor
This question is a follow up to the question I had asked on electric torque of DC motors
I've done my research but couldn't find a satisfactory answer. I would appreciate if the answer was told with ...
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Understanding electric torque of a motor
I'm missing something fundamental in my understanding of the torque of a motor.
Consider the following analogy:
I have a 10kg dumbell on the ground and a 1kg dumbell next to it. Let's say that I ...
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Is there a cheap and accurate electromechanical method to provide a configurable counter-torque?
Given a continuously rotating motor shaft, is there a cheap and accurate electromechanical method that would provide a configurable counter-torque?
Rotation is in one direction only, RPM range is 0 - ...
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Relating input torque on BLDC motor shaft with output current
I am trying to build a drone generator with a gasoline engine and a 14-pole,170KV, 2KW BLDC skateboard motor (this one). Before designing the system and running it, I wanted to clear out a fundamental ...
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Coordination of mechanical and electrical power in electric drives
I want to ask a question to respected specialists in electric drives.
It is known that the mechanical power of an electric motor is determined by a simple formula:
\${P_{mech}}= M {\omega}\$;
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Correct way of calculating BLDC torque for a given RPM and Current
A permanent-magnet 3-phase brushless DC electric motor is attached to a load.
Motor is operated with vESC6.6 inverter, which is software-limited to 140A. Measured efficiency at maximum power is 81%.
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What affects the current ratings on constant torque pole changing motors?
Two different motors, one is rated 1.49A on slow speed configuration and 1.43A on high speed. The other motor is rated 6.09A on slow speed and 6.99A on high speed.
These are constant torque pole ...
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Running 3 phase asynchronous motor below nominal torque
In class we have a 3 phase asynchronous motor which says 400V delta 690V star. The nominal torque of the motor is 3,7Nm. Can the motor run safely nominal charged on 400V in star configuration?
I'm ...
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Can I measure torque accurately by an electrical or electronic method?
I am a Btech. student from India. We have been given a project in which we have to design a micro-torsion testing device.
We are planning to clamp the specimen and rotate one end by fixed angles ...
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High-torque low-speed switched reluctance motor: design Features
I am studying the design of high-torque and low-speed switched reluctance motors (SRM). There are classic designs (8/6, 10 / 8,12 / 8) and designs with multi-toothed rotors and with additional teeth ...
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Can a DC brushless motor produce the same torque at different power levels?
I am looking these Neo Brushless motors for a project. Here are the links to the data sheet and also to stall testing from the company:
http://www.revrobotics.com/neo-brushless-motor-locked-rotor-...
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What happens to the torque/speed curve of a brushless motor when I increase the voltage?
Here is a an image of the torque/speed curve. My guess is that increasing voltage will simply translate the curve up because the slope is the torque constant, which is a physical motor property that ...
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Does increasing voltage increase the torque of a brushless motor?
1.) I have a brushless motor with testing data at 12V. I want to know if I increase the voltage supply, will this increase the torque?
In my research I keep seeing "current controls torque, and ...
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How to select power source for robot actuator with known torque requirement
I am building a robotic actuator that will be backdrivable, this robot will have pretty low RPM. I will be using brushless DC motors. I am trying to figure out requirements for the power source. I ...
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Calculating Joint (Load in lbs or Kn) requirement for a compression lug on top of a bus bar
I have found myself in an interesting scenario that is actually more mechanical in nature but maybe you guys can point me in the right direction.
I am having a hard time finding any ISO, IEC, or ANSI ...
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Electrical equivalence and Difference between Flux and Torque in AC motors
For AC motors, Synchronous and Asynchronous ones, are these two linked together or different quantities, namely magnetic flux and torque? Also if I want to measure these quantities electrically then ...
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If a high rpm motor is run at lower rpm, will it produce more torque?
I did the following calculations:
Max current = 1.2A, Max voltage = 12V
Then power = 14.4 watts = 0.019hp
Rpm = HP * 5252 ÷ torque
I need a torque to 2kgf-cm = 0.144 lb-ft
Gives rpm= 698.
Thus this ...
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DC Motor control PWM [duplicate]
I need to vary the speed of a DC geared motor using software (Raspberry Pi SW GPIO).
The motor is 3 V DC geared micro motor @150 rpm. At 3 V full 'speed' the motor is very powerful for ...
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magnetic actuator torque calculation
I would like to formulate how much load can carry for the magnetic actuator used in RC airplanes. Example photo:
It consists of a coil and a magnet. And works according to lorentz force principle.
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Torque, Current and Voltage Relationship in Induction Motor
In induction motor, Torque is proportional to square of applied stator voltage (I agree that) but some source says torque is proportional to current. For me something proportional to square of volt ...
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torque-speed characteristics of induction motors
I have come across a website which says that zero staor resistance makes the maximum torque constant for different frequencies while keeping v/f ratio constant. And a non-zero stator resistance affect ...
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Relationship of Slip and Angle Between Rotor and Stator Flux for Induction Motor
I know how slip and flux angle individually affect torque of induction motors but I can't understand the relationship between slip and flux angle in terms of torque. Do they both have different effect ...
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Replacing a motor under load-torque with 2 motors to give similar performance
I have the following setup: A servo DC motor which is connected to a drum and the drum drives a conveyor belt. There is a pulley at the other end of the belt which is the same radius as the drum. ...
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Speed Current Relationship in İnduction Motors
It is said that speed of an induction motor depends on its frequency and torque depends on current. But I will explain what i cant understand here.
Let’s think an induction motor runs with constant ...
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Slip Control vs Constant V/F Control for 3-Phase ACIM
I am trying to understand how is Slip Control different from Constant V/F control. If I need to control the speed of 3-phase ACIM then its slip would obviously change with its rotational speed then ...
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Induction Machine: What would multiplying the angular electrical frequency of the machine with the electromagnetic torque give?
I understand that multiplying the output torque (load torque or mechanical torque) \$T_m\$ with the mechanical speed \$w_m\$ we obtain output power. But what would multiplying the electromagnetic ...
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Why are stepper motor phase currents a sinusoildal waveform?
I don't know if this is a really dumb question or not, but I've seen all kinds of torque, peak-current and RMS discussions related to current drive output for stepper motors. I acknowledge that for a ...
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How to make sense of speed vs Torque curves in speed control mode
I am operating my motor in closed loop speed control mode using motor controller. Toque vs speed curves gives us a relation between them which is one-one correspondence. But in a closed loop speed ...
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How to read Torque-Power diagram for an asynchronous motor
I'm sorry if my question is too stupid, but I am not able to correctly understand how to compare the information showed by the torque-power diagram with the motor test data for a 2000W Asynchronous ...
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why speed is not directly proportional to torque in dc machine?
I have a conceptual doubt about torque-speed relation in a DC motors. It's probably a gap in my thinking but I'm posting this question anyway.
As per me "in case of dc machine we see that the armature ...
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Sizing a motor for a conveyor
There is a plethora of information on motor sizing on the internet discussing the rated voltage, current, torque and power of the motor, and how these parameters should be selected based on the load ...
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Identification of BLDC Motor
I would to know if make sense to obtain the current of the BLDC motor, using the BLDC motor torque measurement. In particular, i'm able to measure the torque of a BLDC motor but not the current that ...
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Variable Current Draw from motor for torque control [closed]
I am building an electric go-kart. I would like to use regenerative braking. I would like to have a brake pedal that controls the amount of torque (slowing the motor and wheels down) that the back emf ...
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Calculate torque from current induced in a single phase of a 3 phase AC Induction servo motor
I'm looking to measure the torque or slip angle on an AC induction (asynchronous) servo motor given the current induced in one of its phases. The servo and drive is yaskawa. Example data is shown ...
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Torque-Speed Equation for Induction Motor
I am looking for the Torque-speed equation on an Induction Motor that is used to draw the curve.
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Difference between Field Oriented Control and Direct Torque Control
What is the fundamental difference between Field Oriented Control (FOC) and Direct Torque Control (DTC) (say for an induction motor)? Is it really the same as described in https://www.researchgate.net/...
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BLDC motor poles versus Torque and RPM
How to calculate the cost of a BLDC motor? Assume I need 24 stator coils of height 10 mm and width 5 mm. Is there any formula for torque comparison with increasing the number of poles?
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Estimating torque of AC motor
Given voltage, measured current draw, and RPMs of an AC motor, and an estimated efficiency rating, is it possible to calculate the actual instantaneous output torque? Or is other information required?
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Dc motor as torque transducer for BLDC motor
I bought a cheap BLDC motor on some Chinese website and could not find its characteristics. However, I have A28-400 24V amp flow Dc motor with its characteristics. If I'm able to build a test rig to ...
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Problems calculating torque for a motor opening a door
I want to make a device that can open a door from a cabinet. The door is about 4 meters wide and about 0.5 meters high. (if the width causes a problem I can split it in 1 meters section with one motor ...
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Motor selection for high speed rotary actuation
I am trying to select a motor for a high-speed application where I need to rotate a load bearing cylindrical disc at 20,000 rpm. The total mass of the disc along with its load is approximately 1.5 - 2 ...
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Does the motor speed change with the fully automatic star(wye)/delta starter?
At no load, I connected a 380V motor to start in the star connection for 5 seconds and thereafter change to the delta connection.
I understand that torque will change since the current will change as ...
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Difference between lower and higher current rated ESCs and electric skateboard questions
I am starting a project and would like to build an electric skateboard.
Here are the specs for the parts that I have gathered so far:
a. Two 90mm wheels that each contain a built-in BLDC motor. The ...
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Run Stepper motor with more torque and smoothly
I have a stepper motor and its torque curve is below.
I am trying to get more torque from the motor. Therefore, I decided to setup my driver to half step. I am using an Arduino for generate the ...
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About the torque of mini servo motor
I'd like to automate button pressing on Nintendo DSi for a certain purpose.
For this, I think I will use a raspberry pi and a mini servo motor SG-90.
My question is, would the SG-90 would give ...
